Automobile-lamp.



M. VACUL.

AUTOMOBILE LAMP.

APPLmATIoN FILED DB0. 1o, 1913.

Patented Apr. 7, 1914A @VH1/emes Wil niais er 'i' di nien MARTIN VACULA, OF MJ'NHALL, PENNSYLVANIA.

l AUTOMOBILE-LAMP.

Specification of Letters Patent.

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Application filed December 10, 1913. Serial No. 805,776.

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, MARTIN VAcULA,a Subject of the Emperor of Austria-Hungary, residing at Munhall, in the county of.

Allegheny and State of `Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful )improvements in Automobile-lliamps, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in automobile lamps, and relates more speciically to mechanism for automatically operating the lamp to cause the same to follow the steering wheels of the automobile in the turning movement of said wheels.

The invention has Jfor its object the prodetail, reference will be had to the accom-- panying drawings forming a part of this specification and wherein like numerals of reference indicate like parts throughout the different views in whichz Figure 1 isa view in side elevation or the lamp and `operating mechanism, showing in side elevation a part of the automobile with thefront axle in transverse section, and Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the mechanism. and a part of the automobile'.

1n the illustrated embodiment of my invention but a single lamp is shown', since this illustrates the principle involved. This lamp may be supplemental to the usual side lamps (not shown) or utilized inlieu of such side lamps, or one or both of the side lamps operated as herein shown. l

To put my invention into practice, l provide one of the steering knuckles 5 with a 'lshaped bracket 6, to the leg 7 of which is pivotellvattached the forward end o1" a rod or bar 8 that extends back to, and at its rear end is suitably connected to steering post in such manner that as the post is turned, the rod 8 will be actuated and through it, the

member 6. Said member 6 also has a forn Wardly-extending arm 10, thepurpose of which will hereinafter more fully appear.

Attached to the front axle 11 is a clamp/12y having a pair of eyes 111 that ,receive a downwardly-extendiiig arm 14 on the inner end of the actuating rod 15. This rod 15 extends forwardly from the axle and has an oblong eye 16. Beyond the eye 16 the rod has .an upwardly-extending portion 17 constituting a throwing arm or lever that extends through an eye 18 in the supporting arm 19 oi the lamp 20. Said arm 19 is pivotally supported at its inner end from a suitable point on the automobile. The other steering knuckle -5 has a forwardlyextending arm 10 and the arms 10--10 are con-l nected by a connecting rod 21 having an upwardlyextending pin 22 that .is received in the eye 16 of the actuating rod 15.

In operation, turning oi: the steering post to turn the front wheels to the right or left causes rod 8 to actuate member 6, and

through the medium of rod 21 move rod 15 and cause lever 17 to move rod 19 to turn the lamp 20 in the same direction as the f wheels have been turned, that the light may always be projected straight ahead o1 the machine. f

While a specific embodiment of the invenm tion has been shown and described, it will` be evident that various changes may be made inthe details of construction without departing from the general spirit of the invention.

Having fully described my invention, what I claim is l Means for shitting the head lamp of an automobile comprising in combination, a lamp, a pivotally-inounted supporting arm therefor provided with. an eye, a pivotallymounted actuating rod extending into said eye, said actuating rod provided with aneye, a connecting rod between the steering knuckles, and a pin carried by the connecting rod and extendingA into the eye in the actuating rod for shitting the lamp when the wheels are turned.

1n testimony whereof 1 aiix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

MARTIN VACULA. Witnesses:

deserti Hmsnrnk, MARY FAJTAGK. 

